Son of Burrel & Sarah Throckmorton Griffin, never married, was stage coach driver in and out of Boise.
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Excerpts from The Idaho Statesman, Sunday Morning, April 5, 1936:
PIONEER STAGE DRIVERS IMPORTANT PERSONAGES (By Charles Paynton)
"The death at Eagle recently of John R. Carpenter, has removed another member of this fast diminishing group of pioneer stage drivers of southern Idaho who had been driving their stages in and out of Boise from the time it was a small frontier village up to the time when the Union Pacific inaugurated regular train service into the growing little city. The passing away of these old pioneer stage drivers brings back memories connected with the pioneer stage coach activities that linked old Boise with the outside world.
Johnny Carpenter will be well remembered as the driver of the stage from Kuna to Boise after the Oregon Short Line was built through there. He also drove on other routes before that time. He was perhaps the last of that band of faithful, fearless men who, in those early days, were among the real benefactors of their fellow men. They were all striving to mark (make?) their little pioneer village of Boise what it has attained today, a real, live, western city, from a pioneer beginning."
Hardships of Drivers
"The daily work of these hardy stage drivers was not always of a pleasant nature. They had to endure the extremes of heat and cold, dust and rain. But those coming into Boise over the old Overland and Winnemucca stage roads from the respective railroad stations, in Kelton, Utah, and Winnemucca, Nevada, each approximately 275 miles from Boise, took a special pride in trying to bring their stages in on time, regardless of the weather, with their load of passengers and mail. They usually finished their trip with their four or six sweating steeds on a brisk run up Ninth street, from across the river, up to the stage office and the old Overland hotel, which adjoined each other at Eighth and Main streets.
Their horses were changed about every fifteen miles on the trip from the railroad stations, so none of them were entirely exhausted when they reached their destination."
Names of Early Drivers
"The following list contains the names of some of the men, as near as I can recall them, who drove the stage coaches in and out of Boise during my 52 years' residence in the place, from 1876 to 1928, when I retired from the government service and came to the coast. There were others of the old stage drivers, and I am sorry that I cannot now recall all of their names: John R. Carpenter, Billy Hemingway, Tom Ranahan, Sam Howery, Tom Pettit, James Griffin, Ole Targason, McCutcheon, Billy Hice, Shaw, and Fred Hines. Some of the names may not be spelled properly, but they may be recognized by a few of the old pioners who may be left.
The old stage barns when I came to Boise nearly 60 years ago, were located at Fifth and Grove streets. There have been several changes of ownership and management of the stage lines during that time. The highly respected old pioneer, John Hailey, was always the most popular. I believe Al Ostner also was connected with the stage business."
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The Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise, Idaho, Saturday Morning May 21, 1927
AGED MAN DROPS DEAD
James Griffin, 81 years of age, died of heart disease Friday afternoon about 5:15 o'clock at the apartment house of which he was caretaker at Third and Grove streets. The body is at the McBratney chapel and no funeral arrangements have been made.
The aged man was renting a room to M. L. Williams and his son, Jasper Williams, when death overtook him. He collapsed and died before medical aid could be summoned.
No inquest will be held, Coroner William Mc Bratney declared.
The dead man is survived by a nephew, Burrel B. (Bud) Hailey, of Collister.
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The Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise, Idaho, Monday Morning May 23, 1927
FUNERALS
GRIFFIN -- Funeral services for James Griffin, who died Friday, will be held Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the McBratney funeral chapel. Dr. W. W. Van Dusen will officiate and burial will be in Morris Hill cemetery.
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James has no marker, the funeral home paid for his lot.
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Excerpts from The Idaho Statesman, Sunday Morning, April 5, 1936:
PIONEER STAGE DRIVERS IMPORTANT PERSONAGES (By Charles Paynton)
"The death at Eagle recently of John R. Carpenter, has removed another member of this fast diminishing group of pioneer stage drivers of southern Idaho who had been driving their stages in and out of Boise from the time it was a small frontier village up to the time when the Union Pacific inaugurated regular train service into the growing little city. The passing away of these old pioneer stage drivers brings back memories connected with the pioneer stage coach activities that linked old Boise with the outside world.
Johnny Carpenter will be well remembered as the driver of the stage from Kuna to Boise after the Oregon Short Line was built through there. He also drove on other routes before that time. He was perhaps the last of that band of faithful, fearless men who, in those early days, were among the real benefactors of their fellow men. They were all striving to mark (make?) their little pioneer village of Boise what it has attained today, a real, live, western city, from a pioneer beginning."
Hardships of Drivers
"The daily work of these hardy stage drivers was not always of a pleasant nature. They had to endure the extremes of heat and cold, dust and rain. But those coming into Boise over the old Overland and Winnemucca stage roads from the respective railroad stations, in Kelton, Utah, and Winnemucca, Nevada, each approximately 275 miles from Boise, took a special pride in trying to bring their stages in on time, regardless of the weather, with their load of passengers and mail. They usually finished their trip with their four or six sweating steeds on a brisk run up Ninth street, from across the river, up to the stage office and the old Overland hotel, which adjoined each other at Eighth and Main streets.
Their horses were changed about every fifteen miles on the trip from the railroad stations, so none of them were entirely exhausted when they reached their destination."
Names of Early Drivers
"The following list contains the names of some of the men, as near as I can recall them, who drove the stage coaches in and out of Boise during my 52 years' residence in the place, from 1876 to 1928, when I retired from the government service and came to the coast. There were others of the old stage drivers, and I am sorry that I cannot now recall all of their names: John R. Carpenter, Billy Hemingway, Tom Ranahan, Sam Howery, Tom Pettit, James Griffin, Ole Targason, McCutcheon, Billy Hice, Shaw, and Fred Hines. Some of the names may not be spelled properly, but they may be recognized by a few of the old pioners who may be left.
The old stage barns when I came to Boise nearly 60 years ago, were located at Fifth and Grove streets. There have been several changes of ownership and management of the stage lines during that time. The highly respected old pioneer, John Hailey, was always the most popular. I believe Al Ostner also was connected with the stage business."
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The Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise, Idaho, Saturday Morning May 21, 1927
AGED MAN DROPS DEAD
James Griffin, 81 years of age, died of heart disease Friday afternoon about 5:15 o'clock at the apartment house of which he was caretaker at Third and Grove streets. The body is at the McBratney chapel and no funeral arrangements have been made.
The aged man was renting a room to M. L. Williams and his son, Jasper Williams, when death overtook him. He collapsed and died before medical aid could be summoned.
No inquest will be held, Coroner William Mc Bratney declared.
The dead man is survived by a nephew, Burrel B. (Bud) Hailey, of Collister.
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The Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise, Idaho, Monday Morning May 23, 1927
FUNERALS
GRIFFIN -- Funeral services for James Griffin, who died Friday, will be held Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the McBratney funeral chapel. Dr. W. W. Van Dusen will officiate and burial will be in Morris Hill cemetery.
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James has no marker, the funeral home paid for his lot.
Son of Burrel & Sarah Throckmorton Griffin, never married, was stage coach driver in and out of Boise.
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Excerpts from The Idaho Statesman, Sunday Morning, April 5, 1936:
PIONEER STAGE DRIVERS IMPORTANT PERSONAGES (By Charles Paynton)
"The death at Eagle recently of John R. Carpenter, has removed another member of this fast diminishing group of pioneer stage drivers of southern Idaho who had been driving their stages in and out of Boise from the time it was a small frontier village up to the time when the Union Pacific inaugurated regular train service into the growing little city. The passing away of these old pioneer stage drivers brings back memories connected with the pioneer stage coach activities that linked old Boise with the outside world.
Johnny Carpenter will be well remembered as the driver of the stage from Kuna to Boise after the Oregon Short Line was built through there. He also drove on other routes before that time. He was perhaps the last of that band of faithful, fearless men who, in those early days, were among the real benefactors of their fellow men. They were all striving to mark (make?) their little pioneer village of Boise what it has attained today, a real, live, western city, from a pioneer beginning."
Hardships of Drivers
"The daily work of these hardy stage drivers was not always of a pleasant nature. They had to endure the extremes of heat and cold, dust and rain. But those coming into Boise over the old Overland and Winnemucca stage roads from the respective railroad stations, in Kelton, Utah, and Winnemucca, Nevada, each approximately 275 miles from Boise, took a special pride in trying to bring their stages in on time, regardless of the weather, with their load of passengers and mail. They usually finished their trip with their four or six sweating steeds on a brisk run up Ninth street, from across the river, up to the stage office and the old Overland hotel, which adjoined each other at Eighth and Main streets.
Their horses were changed about every fifteen miles on the trip from the railroad stations, so none of them were entirely exhausted when they reached their destination."
Names of Early Drivers
"The following list contains the names of some of the men, as near as I can recall them, who drove the stage coaches in and out of Boise during my 52 years' residence in the place, from 1876 to 1928, when I retired from the government service and came to the coast. There were others of the old stage drivers, and I am sorry that I cannot now recall all of their names: John R. Carpenter, Billy Hemingway, Tom Ranahan, Sam Howery, Tom Pettit, James Griffin, Ole Targason, McCutcheon, Billy Hice, Shaw, and Fred Hines. Some of the names may not be spelled properly, but they may be recognized by a few of the old pioners who may be left.
The old stage barns when I came to Boise nearly 60 years ago, were located at Fifth and Grove streets. There have been several changes of ownership and management of the stage lines during that time. The highly respected old pioneer, John Hailey, was always the most popular. I believe Al Ostner also was connected with the stage business."
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The Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise, Idaho, Saturday Morning May 21, 1927
AGED MAN DROPS DEAD
James Griffin, 81 years of age, died of heart disease Friday afternoon about 5:15 o'clock at the apartment house of which he was caretaker at Third and Grove streets. The body is at the McBratney chapel and no funeral arrangements have been made.
The aged man was renting a room to M. L. Williams and his son, Jasper Williams, when death overtook him. He collapsed and died before medical aid could be summoned.
No inquest will be held, Coroner William Mc Bratney declared.
The dead man is survived by a nephew, Burrel B. (Bud) Hailey, of Collister.
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The Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise, Idaho, Monday Morning May 23, 1927
FUNERALS
GRIFFIN -- Funeral services for James Griffin, who died Friday, will be held Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the McBratney funeral chapel. Dr. W. W. Van Dusen will officiate and burial will be in Morris Hill cemetery.
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James has no marker, the funeral home paid for his lot.
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Excerpts from The Idaho Statesman, Sunday Morning, April 5, 1936:
PIONEER STAGE DRIVERS IMPORTANT PERSONAGES (By Charles Paynton)
"The death at Eagle recently of John R. Carpenter, has removed another member of this fast diminishing group of pioneer stage drivers of southern Idaho who had been driving their stages in and out of Boise from the time it was a small frontier village up to the time when the Union Pacific inaugurated regular train service into the growing little city. The passing away of these old pioneer stage drivers brings back memories connected with the pioneer stage coach activities that linked old Boise with the outside world.
Johnny Carpenter will be well remembered as the driver of the stage from Kuna to Boise after the Oregon Short Line was built through there. He also drove on other routes before that time. He was perhaps the last of that band of faithful, fearless men who, in those early days, were among the real benefactors of their fellow men. They were all striving to mark (make?) their little pioneer village of Boise what it has attained today, a real, live, western city, from a pioneer beginning."
Hardships of Drivers
"The daily work of these hardy stage drivers was not always of a pleasant nature. They had to endure the extremes of heat and cold, dust and rain. But those coming into Boise over the old Overland and Winnemucca stage roads from the respective railroad stations, in Kelton, Utah, and Winnemucca, Nevada, each approximately 275 miles from Boise, took a special pride in trying to bring their stages in on time, regardless of the weather, with their load of passengers and mail. They usually finished their trip with their four or six sweating steeds on a brisk run up Ninth street, from across the river, up to the stage office and the old Overland hotel, which adjoined each other at Eighth and Main streets.
Their horses were changed about every fifteen miles on the trip from the railroad stations, so none of them were entirely exhausted when they reached their destination."
Names of Early Drivers
"The following list contains the names of some of the men, as near as I can recall them, who drove the stage coaches in and out of Boise during my 52 years' residence in the place, from 1876 to 1928, when I retired from the government service and came to the coast. There were others of the old stage drivers, and I am sorry that I cannot now recall all of their names: John R. Carpenter, Billy Hemingway, Tom Ranahan, Sam Howery, Tom Pettit, James Griffin, Ole Targason, McCutcheon, Billy Hice, Shaw, and Fred Hines. Some of the names may not be spelled properly, but they may be recognized by a few of the old pioners who may be left.
The old stage barns when I came to Boise nearly 60 years ago, were located at Fifth and Grove streets. There have been several changes of ownership and management of the stage lines during that time. The highly respected old pioneer, John Hailey, was always the most popular. I believe Al Ostner also was connected with the stage business."
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The Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise, Idaho, Saturday Morning May 21, 1927
AGED MAN DROPS DEAD
James Griffin, 81 years of age, died of heart disease Friday afternoon about 5:15 o'clock at the apartment house of which he was caretaker at Third and Grove streets. The body is at the McBratney chapel and no funeral arrangements have been made.
The aged man was renting a room to M. L. Williams and his son, Jasper Williams, when death overtook him. He collapsed and died before medical aid could be summoned.
No inquest will be held, Coroner William Mc Bratney declared.
The dead man is survived by a nephew, Burrel B. (Bud) Hailey, of Collister.
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The Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise, Idaho, Monday Morning May 23, 1927
FUNERALS
GRIFFIN -- Funeral services for James Griffin, who died Friday, will be held Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the McBratney funeral chapel. Dr. W. W. Van Dusen will officiate and burial will be in Morris Hill cemetery.
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James has no marker, the funeral home paid for his lot.
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William Marion Griffin
1830–1901
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Joseph Franklin Griffin
1831–1906
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Louisa Meyers Griffin Hailey
1833–1918
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Lydia Margaritte Griffin Miller
1837–1871
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Burrel Willis Griffin
1840–1905
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Sarah Wesley "Sally" Griffin Armstrong
1842–1880
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Jeanette Ann Griffin Montgomery
1844–1924
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Lafayette Monroe "Lafe" Griffin
1849–1915
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Josephine Griffin Wilson
1851–1926
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John Bell Griffin
1853–1939
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